The cave and the cathedral : how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man
Title:
The cave and the cathedral : how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man
Author:
Aczel, Amir D.
ISBN:
9780470373538
Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009
Physical Description:
xiv, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
The adventure of Niaux -- The greatest mystery -- The Neanderthal enigma -- The roots of language -- Abbe? Breuil -- Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles -- The tale of a missing dog -- The sign of the bull and the legend of the minotaur -- Rouffignac and Pech Merle -- The discovery of Lascaux -- The enigma of the pit -- The groundbreaking work of Annette Laming-Emperaire -- Prehistoric objets d’art -- The sign of the hand -- The legend of the white lady -- Shamans of the tundra -- Stonehenge and signs in the sky -- The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia -- Leroi-Gourhan’s theory -- The relationship between signs and animals -- The Chauvet cave.
Subject:
| Paleolithic period |
| Magdalenian culture |
| Cave paintings |
| Painting, Prehistoric |
| Antiquities, Prehistoric |
| Niaux Cave (France) |
| Lascaux Cave (France) |
| Chauvet Cave (France) |